Westminster Man arrested on Fugitive from Justice Charge

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man Monday evening on a fugitive from justice charge. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 46-year-old Jimmy Dwayne Webb of Cobb Bridge Road. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received word Monday that Webb was located at an address on Pickens Highway near Walhalla and that Webb was currently wanted out of Rabun County, Georgia. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division responded to the address on Pickens Highway and located Webb. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office was notified by authorities in Rabun County that they would extradite, upon which Webb was taken into the custody and placed on a temporary custody order until the Sheriff’s Office obtained the fugitive from justice warrant. According to the arrest warrant obtained by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, Webb is accused of having committed a violation of his probation in Georgia. A hold has also been placed on Webb by law enforcement officials in Rabun County.